02768nam 2200589 450 991082708430332120230207213717.01-282-88113-297866128811380-85771-385-X1-4416-7951-0600-00-4334-1(CKB)2670000000046951(EBL)676647(OCoLC)710975555(SSID)ssj0000421199(PQKBManifestationID)12189828(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000421199(PQKBWorkID)10407516(PQKB)11409784(MiAaPQ)EBC676647(Au-PeEL)EBL676647(CaONFJC)MIL288113(EXLCZ)99267000000004695120201109d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAn island in Greece on the shores of Skopelos /Michael CarrollLondon ;New York, New York :Tauris Parke Paperbacks,2010.1 online resource (217 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84511-822-7 Contents; Preface; 1. North to the Sporades; 2. Skiathos; 3. Skopelos: Vangeli's Island; 4. Kosta and Paraskevoula; 5. Panormos: Saints and Treasure; 6. Skyros: A Poet's Grave; 7. Granddaughters of Lycurgos: A Berth for Astarte; 8. Landowner at Last; 9. Earth Tremors and Island Rivalry; 10. Goat-Hunt to Iura; 11. Tourist Salad Days; 12. Eremonisia; 13. A Balcony Over the Sea; 14. Elections for Mayor: Vangeli Stands; 15. Harbour of Silence'I loved the Greece I knew... the kind of free life that could be had with a boat among the islands.'_x000D_Scattered in a crescent in the sparkling waters of the Aegean, the islands of the Sporades are known to Greek fishermen as 'the gates of the wind'. It was to this unspoilt archipelago that Michael Carroll sailed Astarte, a boat of sleek mahogany with wine-red sails, named after the Phoenician goddess of the moon and the sea. But his dream of travelling where the wind took him, rootless and free, changed when he landed on Skopelos. There, a chance meeting with the charismatic Vangeli led toIslandsGreeceSkopelos Island (Greece)Description and travelSporades (Greece)Description and travelSkopelos Island (Greece)BiographySkopelos Island (Greece)Social life and customsIslands909Carroll Michael1935-1654481MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827084303321An island in Greece4006337UNINA